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1st year not using shoes, are u sure???

i know i see threads all the time about plow shoes are only good for paper weights. i have used shoes always and his year i am going to not use them but am kind of nervous about damaging properties and my plow ... i need some reassurance....

Don't worry. You are not going to dig up any more of a property than you would with them on. If you hit a soft spot in grass with the shoes on the sink really fast. I use mine only on my gravel/ hardpack driveway just becuase it is so long and I don't really want to dig up the driveway with a fresg cutting blade. I also like to leave about an inch of snow that gets packed down and turns really hard on the flat spots because then the plow just rides right over it.

I only use mine while plowing on the lake. It is the only way to get a nice clean job, but it does make the first few snows a little more time consuming on gravel driveways but I only have 1 of those.

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Really..you use them on the lake??lol..
I admit the plow does chatter on the ice some times when I plow the road out to the shack with out the shoes lowered.

The only times I use the skids/ shoes/ runners/ paperweights, door stops/ butt shields.
is on gravel drives BEFORE the ground freezes.

On asphalt, concrete, etc, etc, I raise them all of the way up.
Scrape it to pavement!

If you have a Boss-V plow I recommend you use the center one (shoe).
I set it at the same hight as the bottom of the plows moldboard not the cutting edge.
It protects the center Section from damage and getting hung up, when pushing over curbs

I have two sets sitting in my garage! I told the dealer to keep them but he said no thanks he has about 100 pair sitting around from guys who don't want them. I don't know of any guys who use them. Oh yeah there was a guy plowing one night who was using them and made the biggest freak'in mess! He was told to re-plow the lot without the shoes or don't come back.:salute: